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They also expressly rejected new studies from the psychological world that argued against classifying homosexuality as a deviant behavior that could be overcome through therapy.

It’s easy to see how plenty of people could find those paths appealing rather than deviant.

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Desiring fat people is something deviant to be hidden, to find shame in, to closet.

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Brennan accused the three of causing riots, called them “deviants” and rode off down the trail, according to Lopez’s affidavit.

Rick Zbur, Equality California’s executive director, said it’s been common throughout the struggle for LGBTQ rights for opponents to advance a narrative that LGBTQ individuals are deviants or predators.

Apparently fans want Star Wars to become more sexually deviant.

The report made reference to “the deviant group,” the preferred euphemism that state-run media there uses for al Qaeda.

The "deviant trend" is a title used by those who oppose Ahmadinejad to describe certain people close to him, including Mashaei.

One of the individuals said to belong to the “deviant trend” is Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.

A book that will remain relevant as long as governments use ludicrous forms of subterfuge to disguise deviant behavior.

Under the circumstances, deviant behavior could not be tolerated.

Another deviant, already tried and found guilty, was ready to be exiled from Earth and imprisoned on one of the Penal Asteroids.

It smelled the outpouring of certain glands, tasted a deviant brain wave.

When a person is judged by social standards to be deviant and even evil, however, it is difficult to summon caring.

People whose greatest crime might have been lack of enthusiasm feared that they might be suspected of deviant political beliefs.

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On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to deviant, such as: aberrant, bent, irregular, variant, wandering, and weird.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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